1929 St. Louis Cardinals season

The 1929 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 48th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 38th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 78–74 during the season and finished 4th in the National League.

1929 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record78–74 (.513)
League place4th
Other information
Owner(s)Sam Breadon
General manager(s)Branch Rickey
Manager(s)Billy Southworth, Gabby Street, Bill McKechnie
Local radioKMOX
(France Laux)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 9854 0.645 — 52–25 46–29
Pittsburgh Pirates 8865 0.575 10½ 45–31 43–34
New York Giants 8467 0.556 13½ 39–37 45–30
St. Louis Cardinals 7874 0.513 20 43–32 35–42
Philadelphia Phillies 7182 0.464 27½ 39–37 32–45
Brooklyn Robins 7083 0.458 28½ 42–35 28–48
Cincinnati Reds 6688 0.429 33 38–39 28–49
Boston Braves 5698 0.364 43 34–43 22–55

Record vs. opponents
1929 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —11–117–158–149–135–178–148–14
Brooklyn 11–11—6–1611–1114–79–139–1310–12
Chicago 15–716–6—14–8–112–10–117–5–19–1315–5–1
Cincinnati 14–811–118–14–1—10–1211–119–133–19
New York 13–97–1410–12–112–10—16–513–813–9
Philadelphia 17–513–95–17–111–115–16—11–119–13
Pittsburgh 14–813–913–913–98–1311–11—16–6–1
St. Louis 14–812–105–15–119–39–1313–96–16–1—

Roster
1929 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
1BJim Bottomley146560176.31429137

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Earl Smith5714550.345122
Carey Selph255112.23507
Billy Southworth19326.18803

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Pete Alexander22132983.8938
Jim Lindsey216.1115.518

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Fred Frankhouse30133.1724.1237
Bill Doak391212.003

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Mul Holland80109.425
Hi Bell70206.924

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AA Rochester Red Wings International League Bill McKechnie and Billy Southworth
A Houston Buffaloes Texas League Frank Snyder and Gene Bailey
B Danville Veterans Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Joe Schultz, Sr.
C Scottdale Scotties Middle Atlantic League Eddie Dyer
C Shawnee Robins Western Association Ray Powell
D Waynesboro Red Birds Blue Ridge League Kenzie Kirkham and Irwin Wimer
D Laurel Cardinals Cotton States League Clay Hopper

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Rochester[2]

References
  1. Tommy Thevenow at Baseball Reference
  2. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007


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